Definition of Cocktail. Meaning of Cocktail. Synonyms of Cocktail

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Definition of Cocktail

Cocktail
Cocktail Cock"tail`, n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.] 2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. --Darwin. 3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. --Thackeray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Meaning of Cocktail from wikipedia

- A ****tail is an alcoholic mixed drink or non alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, a ****tail is a combination of one or more spirits mixed with other...
- A ****tail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled liquor (such as arrack, brandy, cachaça, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, or whiskey) as its base...
- A Manhattan is a ****tail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. While rye is the traditional whiskey of choice, other commonly used whiskies...
- A cosmopolitan, or, informally, a cosmo, is a ****tail made with vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. The cosmopolitan...
- Molotov ****tail A Molotov ****tail (among several other names – see § Etymology) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container...
- The martini is a ****tail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known...
- The paper plane is an IBA official ****tail. Developed around 2007 by Sasha Petraske and Sam Ross of Milk & Honey for their former colleague Toby Maloney's...
- The paloma (Spanish for "dove") is a tequila-based ****tail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila, lime juice, and a grapefruit-flavored...
- Amaretto is often added to whipped cream. Amaretto chocolate truffles ****tails with Amaretto liqueur as a primary ingredient: Amaretto Piña Colada -...
- The Vesper is a ****tail that was originally made of gin, vodka, and Kina Lillet. Since that form of Lillet is no longer produced, modern bartenders need...